On Our Own Path

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• ► ▼ 2010
  • ► ▼ July
    • Photo Journal: Transformers 3 Filming in Chicago
    • 29 Things to do Before I Turn 29
    • Photo Journal: Modern Portraits of Seoul
    • A Conscience Act of Serendipity
    • Photo Journal: Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass
    • Photo Journal: The Worn-in Beauty of Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
    • Reaching Lady Liberty: Imagining my Great-Grandmother's Journey to the New World
    • Photo Journal: Asahidake (Mount Asahi) in Japan
  • ► ▼ June
    • Why We Are Going to TBEX
    • Who Says the In-Flight Entertainment Sucks?
    • Bali is messing with my head (and that may be ok)
  • ► ▼ May
    • How we started our dream, and how you can, too
    • The Art of Gratitude in Bali
    • Homesickness is a Bitch
    • When God Came to Earth
    • Bali Feels Magical.
    • Move over, France. Malaysia has some seriously good food.
  • ► ▼ April
    • We're Being Bad Travelers
    • Now Departing AnywhereInTheWorld
    • Living life out of a Brochure
    • Two weeks post-Korea...
    • The Spectacular Wats of Bangkok
    • Scenes from Bangkok
    • What all the books failed to mention about Korean culture
  • ► ▼ March
    • What does that say? One year's worth of miscommunication
    • A Day in the Life of an English Teacher
    • We made it to Baekdo,
    • Visiting the "Comfort Women" of Korea
    • Get Your Fingers Away from my Bum-hole!
    • Life in the slow lane on Geomundo
    • The Unplanned Future
  • ► ▼ February
    • Yoga Keeps Me Sane
    • Kindergarten Graduation Extravaganza!!
    • The World's Smallest Niche Business
    • A Culinary Confession
    • Innocuous Sign or Commentary on Modern Love?
    • Let's Do the Time Warp, Bowling Style
    • Dipping my Toes in the Naked Comfort Zone
    • Somebody Please Buy a Guitar and Play It Loudly
    • We're Addicted, Please Help
  • ► ▼ January
    • Trying to make Fun with Kids > Stress of Teaching
    • First Jesus, then K-Pop
    • Kindness in Korea? Really?
    • Happiness is One Purchase Away
    • My Wife is Skewing my Decision Making!
    • One Guiness and One Gigantic Burger Later
    • Now is the Winter of My Discontent
    • A BiBimBap Build for 2
    • The Biggest Snow in Decades
    • What not to miss on Malapascua Island, Philippines
    • A Filipino New Year
    • Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy
• ► ▼ 2009
  • ► ▼ December
    • I'm a total sap. My husband's not gonna be happy.
    • Everybody was Cock-Fu Fighting
    • Working on Christmas Eve
    • Kimchi Galore!
    • Living My Expat Dream.
  • ► ▼ November
    • Getting Naked at the Jjim Jil Bang
    • Spotlight on Korean Food: Eat like a King!
    • A Smashing Good Time at the King of Pirates
    • Spotlight on Korean Food: Eat like a Buddhist Monk!
    • A Korean Wedding = bright lights + big buffet
    • Teaching kindergartners to cook Kkadduki
    • Ppeppero Day!
    • Spotlight on Korean Food: The Generic Tofu Restaurant
    • 7 months and counting.
  • ► ▼ October
    • Halloween Fantastic-ness
    • A Failure in Pet Store Marketing
    • A Korean Home Cooking Lesson
    • How to get a job teaching English in South Korea
    • DMZ Tour: Part 1
    • DMZ Tour: Part 2
    • Seoraksan for Chuseok rocked! (rock being the operative word)
    • Waterpia!
    • A Gallery of Cute Kids in Hanbok
    • Things that make ya say hmm...
  • ► ▼ September
    • Wii Cafe you Rock
    • ♥ kimchi love 김치 ♥
    • Everland: Korea's Disneyland
    • Hiking Dobongsan in Bukhansan National Park, Seoul
    • A Shaman Ritual: Another Korean WTF Moment
    • I heart Our Korean Pillows
  • ► ▼ August
    • Carbonated Jello in a Can!
    • Spotlight On Korean Food: Naengmyeong
    • Chicken Art Museum!
    • "This is the Worst Tour in the Last 10 Years"
    • Watching Grandparents Raise Kids and a bit about Korean Families
    • Hongdae: As Edgy As Korea Gets
    • When Your Diary Talks Back
    • Pachinko: Where Yen Come to Die
    • My Favorite Toilet in the World!
    • The Beer of Japan
  • ► ▼ July
    • Otaru in Pictures
    • Heaven is flower fields in Furano, Japan
    • Just when I feel far away I'm reminded how small the world really is.
    • Weather, Schmeather, We Came To Hike Asahidake and We're Going to Hike Asahidake!
    • CCTV: Korea's Big Brother
    • Now we're rolling!!
    • Chronicle of the Boryeong Mud Festival
    • Date night at Rachel's House in Beomgye, Korea
    • A Korean 4th of July
    • Making Cute Kids Sing in English
  • ► ▼ June
    • Hiking Around Anyang
    • COEX: The World's Largest Underground Mall
    • Thanks to a bug, I know my kids are learning.
    • Cookin' With Nanta
    • Finally Getting Out of Seoul (and going to Gangneung)
    • Spotlight on Korean Food: Seafood
  • ► ▼ May
    • Everybody Panic! Swine Flu is in Korea!
    • This Should Be My Palace.
    • Wandering in Korea: Anyang City & the Chungang Market
    • Christmas for Teachers
    • Craigslist, Schmaigslist
    • Apartment Tour!
    • Spray anywhere you like! (in our Korean bathroom)
    • Simple Things Turned Hard
    • The World's Best Korean Drinking Game
  • ► ▼ April
    • Buddha's Birthday Bash
    • What exactly is the Moral of This Story?
    • It's a 1950's World Fair and a Zoo and an Art Museum and...
    • My Kindergarteners!
    • Good E-Mart Karma!
    • Baseball Korean Style
    • Week 1: I survived, but I need a beer!
    • Day 2: Crack Makes the Day Better
    • Latin America it isn't
    • Shameless Promotion For Our Books
  • ► ▼ March
    • Kansas City: History, BBQ, and Tattoos
    • On Our Own Path Photo Exhibition
    • Stalk-O-rama Barack O-bama: Visiting Hyde Park
    • My Kind of Town Chicago is!
    • Carnival in Gueleguaychú: A Parade for Adults, Designed By People on Drugs
    • The Adventure Continues: We're Heading to Asia
  • ► ▼ February
    • Adios, Buenos Aires: My Guide to a Great City
    • Big Time Bus Rides Gone Comfy
    • Iguazú Falls: Birds, Lizards and a Ton of Water
    • To Bidet or not to Bidet
    • City of the Dead
    • Green Buenos Aires
    • Running + Beer + Sightseeing = Awesome
    • Sayonara, Backpacks: We Rented an Apartment!
  • ► ▼ January
    • Reflections on a Year of Travel
    • Wine, Wine, Wine! Santiago & Mendoza
    • Beating the Boredom: Riding Bikes in Santiago, Chile
    • The World is a Canvas: Valparaíso, Chile's Graffiti
    • The Middle of Nowhere: Uyuni, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Day 3
    • The Middle of Nowhere: Uyuni, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Day 2
    • The Middle of Nowhere: Uyuni, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Day 1
    • Cornholio Visits His Home in Lake Titicaca
    • Bless your Car in Copacobana, Bolivia
    • Adios, Peru
    • My Love/Hate Relationship with Cuzco
• ► ▼ 2008
  • ► ▼ December
    • The Bold and Beautiful Machu Picchu
    • A Plethora of Photos: Monasterio de Santa Catalina
    • Nazca Lines & Creepy Skeletons
    • Super Chill-Out Time in Huanchaco, Peru
    • I want buried treasure!
    • Adios, Ecuador
    • Walk on a Lady's nose: the Mundango Trail in Vilcabamba, Ecuador
    • A Plethora of Waterfalls
    • Hiking in the Andes Mountains: the Quilotoa Laguna, Ecuador
    • A Traveler's Birthday
    • No, Actually I Am the Center of the Earth
  • ► ▼ November
    • Climbing a 14er with a cool name
    • Name your price in Otavalo, Ecuador
    • Adiós, Colombia
    • Santuario de Las Lajas
    • Our 300th Day Adrift
    • Not For Tourists: Guambiano Market in Silvia
    • Traveling Makes the World a Small Place
    • Hug a Foreigner Day!
    • My Kind of Church Visit
    • We Climbed a Big Rock: El Peñol, Colombia
    • Donde está la rumba?!?
    • "Well done!" "Wrong!" The Mayor's Office of Medellin Wants to Tell You How It Is
    • Everyday Bogotá, in Photos
    • Bogotá: Completely Different Than What You Think
    • Happy Kid Play Land!
    • Stupid Lying Guide Books
    • Get your Pants Charmed Off in Colombia
  • ► ▼ October
    • Come Fly with me over Chicamocha Canyon
    • Kayak Butt-Kicking, Colombian Style
    • Up Close and Personal with the Juan Curi Waterfalls
    • Colombia Outside the Guidebook
    • M..m..m..My Tayrona
    • The Great Colombian Beer-off
    • Making a Friend in Colombia
    • Real Cartagena is Better than Joan Wilder's Cartagana
    • Let's Swim in Mud!
    • Panama City Rocks! An Air Guitar Tour.
    • The History of the Panama Canal, as told by Sarah Palin
    • Postcard Perfect Beaches: Bocas del Toro, Panama
    • Adios, Costa Rica
    • Party like it's 6 o'clock!
  • ► ▼ September
    • Adios, Nicaragua
    • 3 Working Kids in Nicargua
    • Bad Tourism, Good Tourism
    • My Favorite City in Central America
    • Leon's Best and Wierdest Tourist Attractions
    • More active volcano hiking, this time in reverse
    • Quetzaltrekker 2-Day Death Hike
    • Well, at least we were successful at doing nothing
    • The Freedom of a Bicycle
    • Watching Nicaraguan Life Pass By
    • Happy Wedding Anniversary to Us
  • ► ▼ August
    • Balancing Family Life with Traveling
    • Searching for "Wolf" in Monteverde
    • My (not so) normal life
    • Of Imaginary Numbers and the Subjuctive
    • 200 Days: Secrets Behind Our Vagabonding
    • Seeing nature in Costa Rica is freakin' work!
    • In Search of Jaguars in Costa Rica
    • Beachtown Bliss: Montezuma, Costa Rica
    • Winter Thunder Stormy-ness
    • Canopy Tour: Take 2
    • White Water Rafting in Wild Costa Rica
    • Manuel Antonio Park: Exotic Mammals, Beaches, Lizards...Sloth Porn?
  • ► ▼ July
    • Adios El Salvador
    • What has 6 months of traveling cost us?
    • 1,000 Volunteer Hours and Counting
    • Como se dice “fill my cavity” en español?
    • A Guide to the Best Beach in El Salvador (alternate title: The Sea Giveth, The Sea Taketh Away)
    • We're Pretty Much Famous Now.
    • Announcing our Re-branding!
    • Finding History in Perquin
    • What smells like burning?
    • Karaoke can bring peace in the mideast
    • CA-4: Love Us More!
    • Irony is alive and well in San Salvador
  • ► ▼ June
    • Finding Tourism
    • Fútbol, Soccer: either way, the game rocks
    • A Day in Our Life
    • Sometimes when you can't find what you are looking for, you find happiness
    • Can I take you to...
    • Let's Make Pupusas!
    • Rec Baseball, San Salvador
    • Suchitoto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore
  • ► ▼ May
    • Te amo, stranger.
    • Indiana Jones and the Tremors of San Salvador
    • The Ultimate Indulgance
    • Road Trip, El Salvador!
    • 100 Days and Counting
    • Your Typical American Weekend
    • Oh, Shopping Splendor!
    • Home Cooking, B+K Style
    • What Honduras Taught Me
  • ► ▼ April
    • Battle of the Jobs
    • Party Honduras Style
    • Macaws and Mayans, Together at Last in Copan
    • Bogus Border Business
    • Adios Belize
    • How to Enjoy Ruined Sites
    • Adios Mexico
    • 2 Perspectives: Oaxaca, Mexico
    • Holy mole!
    • Teotihuacán: ruined before we got there
    • Lucha Libre: How Fake Fighting Should Be
    • Two Perspectives: Mexico City
    • Going to a Soccer Game With 100,000 of Our Closest Friends
  • ► ▼ March
    • Hitchhiking is High-Class
    • Two Perspectives: Guanajuato
    • Following musicians in tight velvet outfits
    • Two Perspectives: Puerto Vallarta
    • Another lousy day in Paradise
    • Odd Ways to Make Money in Puerto Vallarta
    • Virtual Tour: Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Top 5 Things to Do In Guadalajara
    • Clowning Around in Guadalajara
    • Sometimes You Make Lemonade
    • Two Perspectives: Acapulco
    • Spring Break 2008!!!
    • Bessie and the Giant Waves
    • Who knew Mexico had mangroves?
    • Wastin' away again in Zipolite
    • Two Perspectives: San Cristobal De Las Casas
    • A Bug´s Life, VW Beetle that is
    • Son Jarocho: What La Bamba Was Before Richie Valens
    • Foot, you're going down!
  • ► ▼ February
    • Mexico, I've got questions for you.
    • Two Perspectives: Lake Atitlán
    • Real Life Guatemala
    • Two Perspectives: Immersion in Xela, Guatemala
    • Virtual Tour: Xela, Guatemala
    • Reasons to hike a volcano in the dark
    • Xocomil: Fiesta en el Agua
    • Fuentes Georginas: Hot Tub El Natural
    • Gringos like sacred lakes
    • Let´s party, pre-Easter style
    • Build a stove? No problem.
    • Real Life Telenovelas
    • Why are there so many words?
    • Hot Magma? Sweet!
    • Virtual Tour: Antigua, Guatemala
    • Two Perspectives: Antigua, Guatemala
  • ► ▼ January
    • "Be Safe!"
    • 60 Degrees of Separation
    • What we are packing
    • Why I Travel
    • World's Food for Week
    • Hair Chop = Transition
    • Living in the Present
    • Kyle and the Corporate World
    • Things I'm going to miss about life in Chicago
    • Looking ahead to new beginnings
• ► ▼ 2007
  • ► ▼ December
    • Happy Holidays!!
    • Open letter to my car
  • ► ▼ November
    • Flashpacking-what?
    • There's something about those hidden zipper compartments that get a lady going.
    • I swear I'm not a heroine addict, it's that I'm going on this trip...
    • Turned in my Resignation